February 28 to March 4

This morning we will catch up on a few things and begin listening to the stories from the storytelling assignment.  Please encourage your grandparents (or other) to come in while their stories are being shared.
1- Norse God Representation
2- Storytelling
3- Grammar
4- Two sets of definitions
5- Reading two selections

Week of February 14-18th

1. Finish story map of Beowulf.
2. Finish two sheets of definitions: Beowulf and Norse characters.
3. Complete Story assignment.
4. Complete Representation Assignment
5. Grammar Handout

Represenation Assignment

Grade Nine

Norse God Representation

Your assignment is select one Norse character, myth or Indigenous Narrative to represent.  There are many different variations of each of these so your assignment is to research your selection: read different versions, look at as many pictures or videos as you can and then create a something to represent you selection.

We will decide together the expectations and guidelines today.

You will be asked to work on this next week.

Norse Myths:
http://www.norse-mythology.com/

What is the difference between myths, fables and fairy tales?
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/what-is-difference-between-myths-legends-fables-folk-tales.htm

List of Indigenous Narratives:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales

Myths:
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/legends.htm

Norse Myths:
http://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/norse_culture.html

After our class today, we agreed that each student can decide how to create his/her representation.  This may be a hand drawing, a paint picture created on the computer, or a couple of slides on a Power Point.  The most important part of this respresentation is that it is STUDENT CREATED!!!  IT CANNOT BE JUST A GOOGLE IMAGE WITH A TITLE ADDED! 

Assignment

Storytelling

Grade  9 ELA – Norse and Indigenous Narratives

You must ask a family member, preferably a grandparent, great aunt or uncle, to tell you a story.  This story must have special meaning to him or to her and reflect some important piece of history.  This person may be a “natural storyteller” or not.  Your assignment is to write the story down and then present it to the class as an oral story.  In addition, you must create a visual for the story.  This may be a photograph or two that you could scan and show on the SmartBoard.   Therefore your assignment has three parts:

Written Story: 

/2      jot notes from listening to the story

/3      rough draft of the story – 2 people need to proofread and sign

/5      good copy: coherence, organization

/2      mechanics – grammar, capitalization…

 Oral Presentation:

/2      memorization

/3      expression – the art of storytelling

Visual:

/3      representation of the story

TOTAL:          /20

Comments:

Beowulf

We watched the video today and read a summary.  We are working on a story map.  Tomorrow we will read a picture and complete some definitions.

Indigenous and Norse Narratives

We started listening and talking about storytelling today.
Students were asked to finish up sentence sheets - fragments, run-ons and comma splices.

Beowulf

http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projf981e/story.html

Book Report

Due Thursday, February 3rd
/1 book choice (appropriate level)
/2 introduction - title, setting, characters, other books by the same author
/5 plot summary
/2 conclusion - how does the story end - character changes? development?
/5 persuasiveness and how the book fits into the theme

PRACTICE DELIVERY!
/2 fluency/rate
/2 volume
/2 clarity
/2 pronunciation
/2 expression

/25

Semester II Begins for Grades 10-12

ELA TEST ON FRIDAY - CHALLENGES, ISSUES AND CONFLICTS: MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE.

- YOU NEED TO STUDY ALL OF THE SELECTIONS IN THE BOOKLET PLUS "AND THE LUCKY WINNER IS".  I WILL PUT QUOTES FROM EACH SELECTION; YOU WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE NAME OF THE SELECTION AND FULLY EXPLAIN EACH.

- BASIC STRUCTURE OF AN ESSAY: INCLUDING FIVE PARAGRAPHS AND THE THESIS.

- SENTENCE BOOKLET - COMPOUND, SIMPLE AND COMPLEX AND FOUR TYPES OF SENTENCES.  I WILL HAVE EXAMPLES OF EACH AND YOU WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY EACH ONE.

- YOU WILL HAVE TO HAND IN ALL OF YOUR NOTES, QUESTIONS AND WORK FROM THE UNIT.

BOOK REPORTS DUE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD.


FEBRUARY READER RESPONSE LETTERS - DUE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH.

Challenges, Conflicts, Choices

Today we are completing two of four worksheets on sentences.  Students will be asked to complete the last two on Monday. 

We reviewed book reports which are due on February 3rd.  Students will have at least two classes next week to work on their book reports. 

Students were assigned to read The Last Leaf from their booklets.  Students will be placed into groups on Monday to dramatically read a portion of the play to the class.